Horacio Martinez on Jul 20 '10
Well, if it has already been printed, then why did Threadless put it up for vote?

Couldn't they have sent hyp-inc an e-mail saying that "We are sorry, but this design has already been printed."?

I'm sure whoever approves the designs is not a Threadless know-it-all guru that knows about every single design that has been printed. All they check is for a design not to be pornographic or too crappy. And I'm pretty sure that there are way too many designs to send a customized e-mail response to.

Horacio Martinez on Jul 20 '10
Well, if it has already been printed, then why did Threadless put it up for vote?

Couldn't they have sent hyp-inc an e-mail saying that "We are sorry, but this design has already been printed."?

They don't do that, they give everyone a fair shot. This is different from Matt's I'm not claiming hyp-inc copied, I just wanted to allude to the fact that it has been printed, thus diminishing chances of printing. Is all. carry on.